sholio: sun on winter trees (Highlander-Duncan flashback)
Sholio ([personal profile] sholio) wrote2011-04-09 05:28 pm

... nrgh

Done with Highlander season 5 ... earlier today, actually, but I'm just now finding time to post about it ...

So, I knew that Richie died. It was the one big spoiler I had going into the series, actually. (Well, that and the general existence of some of the later characters, like Joe and Methos.) I was sort of hoping that it wouldn't happen in a way that would turn Duncan into a total basket case for the REST OF TIME, though. Well, okay, since the show's writers are cruel, cruel people, I was already expecting Duncan to blame himself somehow for Richie's death, but this is ... this was ... AUGH.

Duncan offering up his sword for Methos to kill him ... it breaks my heart all over again every time I think about it. WAAAAHHH. (That bit with Methos holding Joe while he cries, though? d'awwwwww. OH THESE PEOPLE. ♥)

As spoiler-averse as I normally am, I was kind of glad to know ahead of time about this one, because I was able to prepare myself and not be heartbroken about it. Not that it isn't an emotional kick in the teeth, partly because Richie is gone and partly because, oh, Duncan, how are you ever going to get over this.

... gnnn. Still too stuck on the ending of the episode to have much that's coherent to say about the rest of it or the previous one, aside from the fact that I really enjoyed the guys hanging out together, and it was neat to see one of Methos's flashbacks for a change! Neat to see a different view of history than Duncan's, as well, because the Shelleys and Lord Byron are absolutely not the sort of scene that Duncan would have been involved in, but it makes sense for Methos.

ETA: I think one reason why I'm not taking this as hard as I was afraid I was going to is that for me, what Highlander is all about is dealing with stuff, working through trauma, suffering life's slings and arrows, and going on. We've been through some seriously traumatic stuff already (it took me half a season, at least, to get over losing Tessa) and I think one of the big things that's made me love the show so much is that it's all about suffering the worst that life can throw at you and then getting up and going on. So, while I'm sad about Richie, I'm really looking forward to seeing what comes next, because so far the show has been pretty good at dealing with that stuff. For me, this is just another step along the journey.

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